Why I Dislike LS/VTEC

Word to that, my brotha. hehe, yes, you're right. I you look at the specs, the B18A/B is only 1.8mm longer stroke than the GS-R, ad the rods are only .9mm longer. The biggest cause of concern for me is the other differences in the blocks: No oil sprayers cooling and lubricating the bottom of the pistons (sure, my CTR pistons have the high-heat coating on the skirts) and the extenal oil line. But everything else is dandy-- except for breaking things (2 axles, drivers side mount, and upper-rear mount which had the heads snap off the bolts). But if you're not breaking stuff, you're not going fast, right? Oh well, hopefully it will stay minor. But the shortblock is easy to build and machine. Costs about $1000 w/ machine work, maybe a bit more.